US EditionMicrosoft Blames Apple for Blocking Xbox Mobile Store
- Microsoft filed a court brief supporting Epic Games and blames Apple for delaying the Xbox mobile store planned for a July 2025 launch in the US.
- This delay results from Apple's ongoing appeal against a ruling that requires allowing external payment links, which Microsoft says Apple is resisting.
- Microsoft’s Xbox store would sell mobile-game items like those from Candy Crush and provide an alternative to Apple’s and Google’s app stores that charge a 30% fee.
- Microsoft states Apple’s new policies impose "an even higher economic cost" by blocking payment link-outs and customer communication despite the court injunction.
- Until the appeal concludes, Microsoft remains hesitant to launch the Xbox mobile store due to possible Apple-initiated reversals and urges enforcement of the current ruling.
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